The function of proverbs in discourse
Subtitle: the case of a Mexican transnational social network
By: by Elías Domínguez Barajas
Series: Contributions to the sociology of language -- 98; Contributions to the sociology of language -- 98.
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9783110224887
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 2. The López social network and its proverbs; title: 3. Proverbs mean more than they say; title: 4. Proverbs do more than they mean; title: 5. Toward praxis : linking the saying with the thinking; title: 6. The academic stakes of language use; title: 7. Beyond school halls; title: Epilogue: 1. Socialization practices; 2. Identity formation; 3. Maintenance, loss, or transformation of oral traditions in U. S. contexts; title: References; title: Index.